Fountain pen



March 3, 1931. H HSPAYDE 1,794,651

FOUNTAIN PEN Filed Feb. 24, 1930 I Patented Mar. 3, 1931 HARWOOD iE.SPAYDE, F DES MOINES, IOWA FOUNTAIN' PEN application mea February 24,1030.1 serial 110.430,900.

The object of my invention is to provide in a fountain pen of that typehaving means for drawing ink into the vbarrel of the pen through itsnozzle, improved means .for

cleaning the nozzle of said pen of any ink which may adhere thereto,said cleaning means being designed to provide a finger shield to protectthe fingers against coming in contact with ink from the pen.

More specifically, ventionA to provide a pen nozzle so constructedandarr-anged that a shield maybe moved onto and off said nozzle and whenthe shield is moved into'position thereon, any free ink adhering theretowill be cleaned from the nozzle and forced to the end of the pen.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement andv combinationof the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my im rovedpen.

Figure 2 is an enlar ed detail sectional view of the nozzle end o thepen and of my vimproved shield therefor.

Figure 3 is a plan view of my improved pen showing the inger shieldremoved. Figure 4 isa sectional view of an ink bottle showing the mannerin which my improved pen is used in connection therewith while beingfilled.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view taken on thev line 6--6 of Figure 1.

I haveused the reference numeral 10 to indicate the pen barrel, which isof ordinary construction. Said barrel is formed hollow and provided witha rubber sack 11 for containing the Said sack is connected to the innerend of the pen feeder-12. Said feeder is mounted in a nozzle 13 in theusual manner and provided with a pen point 14.

The nozzle 13 is provided with a cylindriv cal surface 15. Said surfacehas longitudi nally extending grooves 16 and is provided at its innerend with a cylindrical portion 17 of larger diameter than the lportion15.

it is the object of my in- The inner end of the portion 17 is designedto rest against the outer end of the barrel 10 in the' manner clearlyillustrated in Figure 2. The said grooves 16 are located on oppositesides of the nozzle 13 and have their outer endsterminating adjacent tothe junction of the side edges of the pen 14 and the feeder 12 in themanner clearly illustrated in Figure 6.

The surface 15 of the nozzle 13 is designed to receive a finger shield18 having an opening 19 designed to fit the surface 15. The inner end ofthe opening 19 terminates in 'an enlarged recess or annular groove 20.Said recess 20 is designed to fit and receivethe member 17.

As the pen is placed in an ink bottle to be filled in the mannerillustrated in Figure 4, the nozzle 13 is usually dipped into the ink acertain distance so as to insure the sack 11 beingfilled on account ofthe ink level being lowered during the filling operation.' When the penis removed, a portion of the ink adheres to the outer surface of thenozzle. The .finger shield 18 is then placed in position on the surface15 and slid longitudinally thereon, causing any ink adhering to thesurface 15 to be forced into the groove 16 or into the annular recess20. l

The further inward movement of the finger shield will cause the flangeportion of the recess 20 to engage the member 17' so that an air chamber21 is' formed. Further inward movement of the finger shield will causethe air trap in said chamber 21 to become compressed and any ink fillingthe groove 16 or within the chamber 21 will be forced longitudinally andoutwardly through said grooves and to the junctions 22 between the sideedges of the pen 14 and its feeder 12. The ink will then be fed to thepen point bycapillary attraction, thus providing means whereby thenozzle of the pen may be easily and quickly cleaned without the use of awiper, such as heretofore has been the practice.-

I claim as my invention 1. A fountain pen comprising a barrel, having atone end a nozzle, said nozzle havingl a cylindrical portion termin atingin a smaller cylindrical portion, the smaller cylindrical 10 portionbeing rovided with longitudinal grooves, and a nger shield having acylindrical opening designed to fit andreceive the smaller cylindricalportion of said nozzle and provided with an enlarged annular groovedesigned to fit the enlarged cylindrical portion of said nozzle, wherebywhen said finger shield is moved lon itudinally upon the smallercylindrical port1on of said nozzle any free ink will be scraped fromsaid cylindrical portion into said grooves and forced outwardly throughsaid grooves.

2. A fountain pen comprising a barrel, having at one end a nozzlemember, a pen feeder in said nozzle, a pen outside of said feeder, theouter surface of said nozzle being formed cylindrical and provided withlongitudinal grooves, the outer ends of said rooves terminating adjacentto the ends of si e edges of said pen, whereby ink from the outer end ofsaid grooves will ilow along the junction of the side edges of said penand its feeder to the pen point, and a finger shield slidably mounted onsaid nozzle to scrape ink inwardly and force the same outwardly throughsaid grooves.

3. A fountain pen comprising a barrel, having at one end a pen nozzlehaving grooves, a pen in said nozzle, and a linger shield slidablymounted thereon, said shield and nozzle including means whereby inwardsliding movement of said shield will cause ink on said nozzle to beforced through said grooves adjacent to the side edges o f said pen.

4. A fountain @en comprising a barrel, having at one end a pen nozzle, apen in said nozzle, and a finger shield slidably mounted thereon, saidshield and nozzle including means whereby sliding movement of saidshield relative to said nozzleawill cause ink adhering thereto to bedelivered to said pen point. A

HARWOOD I-I. SPAYDE.

